One work by this author begins with a prologue in which a storytelling cat 
One work by this author begins with a prologue in which a storytelling cat chained to a golden tree tells the tale. In one poem by this author, the lover of Parasha imagines that a statue is chasing him after a flood on the Neva. Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate adopts the rhyme scheme of this author's verse novel in which the title character shoots the poet Lensky. This author wrote "The Bronze Horseman" and Ruslan and Ludmila. For 10 points, name this Russian playwright and poet who wrote Boris Godunov and Eugene Onegin.
One work by this author begins with a prologue in which a storytelling cat chained to a golden tree tells the tale.
Alexander Sergeyevich {Pushkin}